Action potential duration restitution and ventricular fibrillation due to rapid focal excitation

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 282, Issue 5 51-5, 2002, Pages

  Swissa, Moshe ^a   Qu, Zhilin ^b   Ohara, Toshihiko ^a   Lee, Moon Hyoung ^a   Lin, Shien Fong ^c   Garfinkel, Alan ^b   Karagueuzian, Hrayr S ^a   Weiss, James N ^b   Chen, Peng Sheng ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Mapping; Pacing; Tachyarrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ACONITINE; BRETYLIUM; DIACETYL OXIME; PYRIDINIUM DERIVATIVE; VERAPAMIL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CYCLE; HEART EXCITATION; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; ISOLATED HEART; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

EID: 0036087877     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00867.2001     Document Type: Article

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